ND-0258 · 2020 · Other
Seeking the "Beauty Center" in the Brain: A Meta-Analysis of fMRI Studies of Beautiful Human Faces and Visual Art
Chuan-Peng, Huang, Eickhoff et al. Cognitive, Affective, & Behavioral Neuroscience. 2020.
doi.org/10.3758/s13415-020-00827-z · Finding drafted from the abstract
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Across 49 studies, beautiful faces activated the left ventral striatum and visual art activated the anterior medial prefrontal cortex, so the two forms of beauty used distinct regions.
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Beauty and the brain
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